I have a close friend's wedding in early August and the stag/hen do's are all planned for July. And I find myself invited to both of them since my mate is the bride and she only has two other girls going to Barcelona for a few days.

After that the stag do is planned for around the 20th which will be in Munich. Never been to either Spain or Germany so i'm quite excited. Beer.

And on top of all this I have a work colleague who's going to a Call of Duty tournament in Stockholm right at the start of July which i'm invited along for as part of the entourage. So I could be visiting three different countries in a month. Loving the prospect.

Went to Scarborough in march on honeymoon. Ee, it were class. No I did not go to any bloody fair. Probably nip to Belfast at some point to see the folks soon. Will have to be by ferry coz the missus is with child.

I am looking forward to it, I got my application to the course I need to do to actually get into Uni confirmed a week or two a go so I actually have a purpose now. The Debt will be immense though, I'm just hoping the world is in a slightly better state in 5 years time else I'll just use my degree to abscond to Eurasia or NuKorea or UltraChina or whatever (hopefully).

Tempy, you're probably more likely to be successful at this age to be honest. Â I watched a lot of 18/19 year olds piss away a year or 3 because they were wrong about what they wanted, changed their mind, or just weren't suited to university at all at that age. Â You're going because you want to and have an idea of what you want to do, not just because you got X results at school and society expects you to go.

Tempy, you're probably more likely to be successful at this age to be honest. Â I watched a lot of 18/19 year olds piss away a year or 3 because they were wrong about what they wanted, changed their mind, or just weren't suited to university at all at that age. Â You're going because you want to and have an idea of what you want to do, not just because you got X results at school and society expects you to go.

This, a thousand times. My time at university was almost a complete waste of time and taxpayer's money (I was the last year to get a full maintenance grant). Almost, because I did come out with an honours degree (just) which opened the doors I needed it to. I wish I'd had the experience / wisdom / time-travelling capabilities to bugger off to the army / a factory / a kibbutz to learn some discipline and understand what a privilege it is to receive higher education.

Anyway, holidays. My wedding is right in the middle of summer. I haven't been on a summer holiday in years for obvious reasons (too hot, too expensive, too many people) so we'll probably postpone the honeymoon a bit. When are you planning on going Peter, and what are you looking for (city, mountain, countryside, beach, combo)?